The Fictional Home: The Laureate for Irish Fiction at Galway International Arts Festival

Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry has created many homes in in his fiction: from Annie Dunne’s home, to the mental hospital inThe Secret Scripture,to the battlefields inDays Without End,to the Dublin tenements inA Long Long Way. As part of the First Thought Talks, Barry will discuss these fictional dwellings and their relationships to real places, and read relevant passages from the novels. The Laureate will be in conversation with Catriona Crowe, Curator of First Thought Talks.